transitive verb resolved -·solved′, resolving -·solv′·ing

1. to break up into separate, constituent elements or parts; analyze
2. to change or transform: used reflexively a discussion that resolved itself into an argument
3. to cause (a person) to decide the flood that resolved him to sell
4. to reach as a decision or intention; determine to resolve to go
5. 1. to find the solution or an answer to (a problem); solve
   2. to make a decision about to resolve the points at issue
   3. to explain or make clear; show the resolution of (a problem, a fictional plot, etc.)
   4. to remove or dispel (doubt, etc.)
6. to decide by vote; make a formal decision about; express by resolution, as an assembly does
7. Obsolete to cause to dissolve or melt
8. Chem. to separate (an optically inactive compound or mixture) into its optically active components
9. Med. to cause (a swelling, fever, etc.) to subside or disappear
10. Music to cause (a chord or tone) to undergo resolution
11. Physics to make distinguishable the individual parts of (an image, radar echo, etc.)

Etymology: ME resolven < L resolvere: see re- & solve

intransitive verb

1. to be resolved, as by analysis
2. to come to a decision; make a resolution; determine
3. Music to undergo resolution

noun

1. fixed purpose or intention; firm determination
2. a formal resolution, as of an assembly